The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski

My Answer: My country prefers barbecues and fireworks. I'll do the barbecue part, and I'll see some fireworks from my apartment, but I never have a set plan. Today I'll catch up on reading, hit the target range, and do a lot of reading.

You are encouraged to answer the Question of the Day for yourself in the comments or on your blog.

There's really not much in the way of celebration, though. It's not even a holiday. We Swedes aren't very nationalistic. 🙂

(Side note: the only people in Sweden who go around and call themselves nationalists and patriots are neo-nazis and racists, which tends to explain why we don't like it when Americans start ranting about their patriotic duty or somesuch.)

(Side note: the only people in Sweden who go around and call themselves nationalists and patriots are neo-nazis and racists, which tends to explain why we don't like it when Americans start ranting about their patriotic duty or somesuch.)

Stop lying. A lot of people? Yes. All of them? Not by a long shot. I personally have a few friends that call themselves nationalists while they are helping new people coming to Sweden with finding jobs, explaining some pecularities with Sweden, teaching them some Swedish, etc.

You're just as bad as "them" if you blindly assume that one label must mean another. If any person can call himself a nationalist at any given time, then due to your logic they'd at that moment be a racist. That doesn't make sense.